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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1904
Page
2
Newswire with reports of Japanese push toward Mukden and a broader warfront, Russian retreat and wintering concerns, attacks on ArmEnian villages, and siege news. Also notes on postal theft, rail accidents, Portland Chinatown illegality, and a shipyard launch. Includes weather, prices, and local incidents in Willis, St Louis, and Puget Sound.
George Frisbie Hoar died at his Worcester home at 1:35 yesterday morning after weeks of illness. Attending physicians and family members were at his bedside, including his son Rockwood Hoar and daughter Mary Hoar, with Dr Warren R Gilman among those attending. The once daily faltering years culminated in a coma and final cessation of heartbeat.
Washington Oct 1 Postmaster General Henry Fayne is seriously ill at his Hotel Arlington apartment with heart trouble. He had returned from a Western trip and attended a cabinet meeting before worsening overnight. Dr Magruder and Surgeon General Dr Kixey treated him as President and Mrs Roosevelt visited to check on him.
Fifty boy pickets aged under 15 prevented entrance at McAllister public school in Chicago. A 700-strong crowd jeered teachers from windows as infant strikers wore union badges. The walkout stemmed from a rumor of a color teacher. police maintained order until a youth committee confirmed the rumor false and most students returned.
In Christiana on Oct 1 the Duke of Orleans asked Norway to allow the Arctic steamer Fram to undertake a 1908 Arctic expedition. It is reported the Admiralty would require Captain Otto Sverdrup to command if the government approves. The expedition plan awaits official approval.
A severe flood struck Trinidad Colorado and the Las Animas valley, washing out bridges and the Santa Fe station. Rail lines, telephone, and telegraph services failed as 30 city blocks flooded two to four feet. The new Bacca hotel and the Santa Fe depot were destroyed, with no lives reported but extensive property damage and citywide darkness.
In Pueblo on October 3, advocates outline a plan to move western Kansas into Colorado to settle the Kanene Colorado water suit. Worden of Syracuse and Kennison of Garden City push a bill in both legislatures. they claim broad Western Kansas support and say the change would end the litigation.
Charles Yeaton, once wealthy inventor with many friends among prominent and wealthy men, dies at a charity patient’s home after two years of paralysis. He created several machines including the first type setting machine offered for sale and had a close friendship with President Andrew Jackson, who offered him a diplomatic post in St Petersburg.
Reports from St Petersburg describe growing blockade concerns at Port Arthur with no news from the fleet. The front lines show Oyama moving leftward around Mukden and Kuropatkin facing Japanese forces near the Liao and Hun rivers as reserves redeploy toward the Far East.
St Petersburg Sept 29 Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaevitch named commander in chief as Russia prepares multiple field armies. He will lead with a staff of top strategists, while Viceroy Alexie is expected to return nominally as adviser and disappear from active military affairs.
An obstruction was placed on the launch ways to ruin the hull of the battleship Connecticut, to be launched today. The act was discovered after divers were sent to investigate, prompted by precautionary naval officers. The responsible party is unknown.
Fragments describe unrest among workers for the open admission of foreigners and Filipino labor in Chicago plants. Reports warn of injurious effects on leadership and the risk of strikes as 7 000 workers face wage scale disputes and potential union pressures.
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